EMKT - Lazard Emerging Markets Opportunities ETF Stock Price & Dividend Safety Sector: Financial Services | Exchange: New York Stock Exchange Arca Current Price & Safety Score Price: 28.85 USD StockBonds Safety Grade: Altman Z-Score (Bankruptcy Risk): 0.00 StockBond Score: -0.46 Company Description The EMKT fund primarily targets equity investments in companies that conduct their main business operations within emerging market nations specifically those recognized by the MSCI Emerging Markets universe While its core holdings consist of common stocks the fund also has the flexibility to incorporate preferred and convertible securities alongside depositary receipts The investment methodology prioritizes identifying businesses whose valuation appears low when measured against their earnings cash flows or asset base Although the fund is authorized to invest across various market capitalizations its portfolio may occasionally exhibit a higher concentration in larger companies depending on prevailing market conditions Furthermore due to its bottomup stock selection process rather than topdown allocation strategies the portfolio might at times show a significant weighting in particular sectors or regions As a standard operating procedure at least 80 of the funds net assets are committed to emerging marketlinked securities EMKT originated from a conversion of the Lazard Emerging Markets Core Equity portfolio commencing with an asset base of 1238 million